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Pacific Overtures is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by John Weidman, with "additional material by" Hugh Wheeler. Set in nineteenth-century Japan, it tells the story of the country's westernization starting in 1853, when American ships forcibly opened it to the rest of the world.
SYNOPSIS. The Original Broadway Cast. Act 1. The Reciter, a narrator and storyteller, describes the Floating Kingdom of Japan, an island empire in 1853, undisturbed by intruders for centuries.
Jun 6, 2024 · Pacific Overtures. The Notion. "A chronicle of Japanese history, beginning with the 1853 incursion of American warships, under the command of Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry, into Japanese waters in order to open up trade with a nation that had been closed to foreigners for centuries. In particular, it concerns the relationship during the ...
Dec 5, 2023 · Read our four-star review of Pacific Overtures, Stephen Sondheim's 1976 work about 19th-century Japan, now in performances at the Menier Chocolate Factory to 24 February. Julia Rank 5 December, 2023, 10:00
- Julia Rank
With three hand-held cameras, one major theatrical milestone and nearly nineteen hours of footage, this rare and intimate look with Original Cast Album - Company is a must for any Sondheim fan. DVD: $26.96 VHS: $24.95
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1988 CD release of "Pacific Overtures (Original London Cast) [Complete Recording]" on Discogs.
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Jan 1, 2004 · Listen to Pacific Overtures (Original London Cast - English National Opera) [Complete Recording] by Stephen Sondheim on Apple Music. 2004. 42 Songs. Duration: 1 hour, 57 minutes.
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